Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s prediction concerning the Padres’ and Rangers’ rest-of-season performance with runners in scoring position, then (14:08) answer listener emails about the ultimate Quadruple-A player, leaving runners on base for the opposing team, immaculate-inning edge cases, tanking for Shohei Ohtani, setting up a lifelong Google Alert for a player, the 2020 season’s impact on Hall of Fame cases, and Barry Bonds with an extra-short bat, followed by (1:12:43) Stat Blasts about the frequency of in-game position switches and the most players on a team who had previously played on the same former team, plus (1:40:06) a Past Blast from 2012 and a few follow-ups.Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to lowest tOPS+ w/RISPLink to lowest OPS w/RISPLink to highest tOPS+ w/RISPLink to highest OPS w/RISPLink to OPS w/bases emptyLink to Petriello on the RangersLink to Odor HRLink to preseason predictions podLink to latest MiLB FA draftLink to Gonny Jomes wikiLink to old EW on immaculate inningsLink to Oviedo’s inningLink to info on Mavs tankingLink to article on Wemby tankingLink to Waddell SABR bioLink to McLaughlin wikiLink to McLaughlin featureLink to Posnanski on DiMaggioLink to Bois on BondsLink to listener emails databaseLink to Topps Now cardsLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to positional permutationsLink to position-switch sheetLink to second Stat Blast docLink to 2012 Past Blast sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to America Magazine articleLink to other Dodgers/SPI linksLink to Calcaterra newsletterLink to Alonso clipLink to Sabathia periods sourceLink to more on C.C./CC Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source